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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... , thanks for beating me senseless with unintuitive C optimization hacks and ... hall in East Campus for all four years, including preorientation, and two

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  physicists worldwide just won $3 million each for outstanding contributions to ... a fancy title for A More Complete Version Of Big Bang Theory ... fundamental laws of nature?” What you won’t find out from these websites

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside ... next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  least for me). I’ll be spending my IAP playing ice hockey for the MIT ... ’s backyard). I'd like to share how I found myself working for this 1.5 year old startup, because it highlights why my classes are helping prepare me for

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... time around, summer is over and school is starting (although not for a ... all of the dorms at MIT remain open for summer residents, my floor was

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time ... . Not a chance. Nope. For example, there was one guy who set-up a webcam

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  sign up for these classes on the P.E. website through a lottery that lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute ... the Pacific (for example…) The 8 P.E. point requirement can be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  stands for "Interactive Introduction to the Institute," and it showcases ... downloadable video. If you can't find the video for a particular residence ... Lottery like this: I tied Baker and Burton-Conner for first and listed New

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... very far removed from the circus that was college applications for me and likely for others. Therefore, I feel a sense of duty in debunking my own

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  , so I'll save it for later :D First, let's talk about computing. MIT ... processing power, for our tour inside. Mind you, on the outside W91 has an ... for the Institvte, which explains its high ceilings and open spaces

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  inspiration.” I looked at him for a few seconds and realized that he was dead ... missing for me, though, was physical fitness. At some point, and almost on a ... was perhaps, then, the best kind of pressure that made me run for my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  The Office of Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... site -- for example, about standardized test requirements or statistics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  ) conference for high schoolers. -Ordered my Brass Rat! -Went to a college MUN ... !) - directing the program for so long had made me start to use the program as a ... passed so fast it's like crazy. -Got tired of working in a biology lab, so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  moving too fast for me to practice. The lectures didn't teach ANYTHING ... , nothing that could prepare me for MIT physics. There should have been ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  for not learning fast enough; for struggling so much when it felt like I ... these blogs, does not. So for Mom V. (<3), here’s a crash course ... velocity of something as it moves for a set amount of time. You went for a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my ... know who you are   3   anyways fast-forward to now: I ... 't have much left   I had taken hope for granted which feels so

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  feet walk for me, as if the schoolgrounds themselves were showing me the ... smells for the first time. Shock paints their face because I know they can ... can bring. I've gone searching for this hum everywhere I go. In my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  walked fast. At age fifteen, I won a national writing contest. The awards ... accepted. With four other girls, I squeezed into a hotel room meant for two ... shift in priorities, but I found myself yearning for the familiar

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing ... ’s another paper that gives me one (1) rate for APQ1 but it disagrees with the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022